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Mr Louie French vs Michael Payne

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 283 different votes 285 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
Participation
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
961
1,182 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
480
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
481
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 648
Appearances
15
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 648
156
+48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 648
Contributions
16
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Trade
25 of 27 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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